Dieudonné Ntep (28 December 1959 – 10 May 2021) was a Cameroonian

cyclist Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...

and

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. He competed in the individual road race and the

team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...

events at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

. After his cycling career he became active as a cycling trainer. Until his death he was head coach of Cameroon's national cycling team, where he was the coach for over 10 years. Ntep was a key figure in grooming the best cyclists of Cameroon. In May 2021, he was killed in a road crash when the a mini-bus where he was sitting in was hit by a truck along the

Yaoundé Yaoundé (; , ) is the Capital city, capital city of Cameroon. It has a population of more than 2.8 million which makes it the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region (Cameroon), Centre Region o ...

Douala Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. It was home to Central Africa's largest port, now being replaced by Kribi port. It has the country ...

highway near the Mbankomo toll gate. Ntep was travelling to Douala with members of the Cameroon Cycling Federation to finalise the traveling requirements before taking off for the 2021 International Cycling Tour of

Benin Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its po ...

. He was 61 years old.

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* 1959 births 2021 deaths Cameroonian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Cameroon Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Directeur sportifs Road incident deaths in Cameroon {{Cameroon-cycling-bio-stub